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CVE-2017-16808 json

tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read related to aoe_print in print-aoe.c and lookup_emem in addrtoname.c.

published 2017-11-13 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-7983

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.2%
EPSS 3.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read related to aoe_print in print-aoe.c and lookup_emem in addrtoname.c.

Patch / fix

  • tcpdump Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.9.3~git20190901-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16808

  • tcpdump Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.9.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • tcpdump Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.9.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • tcpdump Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 4.9.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16808

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • tcpdump SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5 4.9.2-14.17.1
  • tcpdump SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP1, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 4.9.2-3.9.1
  • tcpdump SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP4, SLED 12 SP4 4.9.2-14.11.1
  • tcpdump SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP1, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 4.9.2-3.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:3360-1SUSE-SU-2019:2674-1SUSE-SU-2019:2088-1SUSE-SU-2019:2087-1

  • tcpdump openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.99.1-1.2
  • tcpdump openSUSE Leap 15.1 4.9.2-lp151.4.6.1
  • tcpdump openSUSE Leap 15.0 4.9.2-lp150.10.1
  • tcpdump openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Leap 15.0 4.9.2-lp151.4.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11425-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2348-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2344-1openSUSE-SU-2019:1964-1

  • tcpdump Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +13 more 4.9.3-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-16808

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-16808 updated cvss 3.3

tcpdump: heap-based buffer over-read in aoe_print in print-aoe.c and lookup_emem in addrtoname.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 tcpdump Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 tcpdump Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 tcpdump
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

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Exploit prediction

3.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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